[An estimate of the expenses of scouts and rangers, for the protection of the frontiers lying along the Ohio, the Cumberland settlements, and the settlements upon and between the forks of Holston and French Broad rivers, for the year 1791]

Item

Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Title

[An estimate of the expenses of scouts and rangers, for the protection of the frontiers lying along the Ohio, the Cumberland settlements, and the settlements upon and between the forks of Holston and French Broad rivers, for the year 1791]

Description

An estimate of the expenses of scouts and rangers, for the protection of the frontiers lying along the Ohio, the Cumberland settlements, and the settlements upon and between the forks of Holston and French Broad rivers, for the year 1791. Five men or Scouts to be averaged for each county, and the number of counties of division being estimated at 22.

year created

1790

author

in collection

in publication

notable person/group

Henry Knox
rangers
scouts
lieutenant
serjeant
corporal
private
non-commissioned officers

notable location

Holston River
French Broad River
settlement
frontier
territory
Cumberland
Ohio
French Broad
river
fork
Indian Country

notable item/thing

pay
subsistence
forage
expenses

notable idea/issue

employment
payment
supply
expedition
Indian relations
protection
defense
expenses

document number

1790999900000

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Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox [unknown] [n/a]